California fraud concerns ramp up as man pleads guilty to massive scheme using taxpayers as his ‘piggy bank’

Exclusive: Gavin Newsom’s Chris Rufo joins Will Cain to expose California’s $180B “Empire of Fraud.” Plus, John Ashbrook and Michael Duncan of Ruthless join Will and The Crew to debate the Iran strike deadline and the mysterious disappearance of UFO-linked scientists. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As concerns about rampant fraud continue … Read more

California man who co-founded CJNG cartel with slain drug lord

A California man who co-founded one of Mexico’s most powerful and violent drug cartels pleaded guilty on Tuesday in the U.S. to a federal narcotics conspiracy charge. Erick Valencia Salazar formed the Jalisco New Generation Cartel with Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, the drug lord known as “El Mencho” who was killed by the Mexican army in … Read more

Man cleared in the killing of Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay could soon be freed

NEW YORK — A man who was convicted and then cleared of killing rap star Jam Master Jay of Run-DMC could be freed within days after a judge granted him $ 1 million bond on Monday. Karl Jordan Jr. wasn’t automatically let go because he still faces drug charges unrelated to the pioneering DJ’s 2002 … Read more

Family buries 19-year-old Mexican man who died in ICE custody:

Hundreds of people gathered Saturday for the burial of a young Mexican man who died in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody, with family members denouncing the “fabricated” charges that led to his detention and death. Royer Perez Jimenez, a 19-year-old from the municipality of San Juan Chamula in the southern Mexican state of … Read more

After getting help from health care charity RAM, Tennessee man says he

Dave Burge slept in his truck overnight in frigid weather for a dental appointment.  Burge needed dentures, but was unable to afford them. He was one of more than 1,200 patients, some of whom waited in line for days, to get a free appointment at a Remote Area Medical pop-up clinic in Knoxville, Tennessee. RAM … Read more

An Indiana man is poisoned with a root beer float. How a robbery revealed a sinister plot to kill

When Harold Allen died suddenly in his home in Freetown, Indiana, just a few days before Christmas 2022, Lieutenant Adam Nicholson, an investigator with the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department, says no one suspected anything out of the ordinary. Lt. Adam Nicholson: Twenty years on the job, I never thought I would see a case like … Read more

Man arrested at retirement home for wife’s murder decades earlier

A 68-year-old man was arrested at a Washington nursing home after being charged with first-degree murder in the 1992 death of his wife.  Janice Randle was found dead in her bed in November 1992, the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office said on social media, with her toddler daughter Katie in a crib nearby. Her estranged husband, … Read more

A death wish and a catfish: How an IRS agent lured his wife and an unsuspecting man to their murders

On a Friday morning three years ago, a horrific scene unfolded in a Northern Virginia home: A pediatric ICU nurse, Christine Banfield, was mortally wounded in her bedroom. She’d been repeatedly stabbed. With her was 39-year-old Joseph Ryan. He’d been fatally shot. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and … Read more

Man pleads guilty to scamming Air Force out of $37 million, channeling bribes to public official nicknamed

A former active-duty U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant pleaded guilty this week to federal crimes in a scheme that defrauded the Air Force of $37 million and involved channeling bribes to a public official nicknamed the “Godfather.” Texan Alan Hayward James, 51, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, bribery, and conspiracy to rig … Read more